View Full Version : A day in the life at Gibson OAI
MikeEdgerton
Feb-11-2009, 3:33pm
Dave Harvey from Gibson was having some problem uploading some images so I'm helping him out. He'll be chiming in with some text to go with these pictures as soon as he has some time.
lenf12
Feb-11-2009, 3:40pm
;)I'm looking forward to David's text. BTW - I'll take one of each in the photos
carleshicks
Feb-11-2009, 4:01pm
When I first saw those pictures I though wow, the new master models realy look like Loars, and Then I noticed the H-5. I would love to be staring at those inperson.
dhmando
Feb-11-2009, 4:53pm
What a treat, (clockwise from top right) Danny Robert's December 1922 , Alan Bibey's July 9 1923, an October 1924 H-5, and a December 11 1923. An incredible quartet of Loar signed Gibsons instruments.
jefflester
Feb-11-2009, 5:32pm
When I first saw those pictures I though wow, the new master models realy look like Loars, and Then I noticed the H-5...
I thought they were all F-5s and it was just parallax that made one look bigger. :)
MikeEdgerton
Feb-11-2009, 5:57pm
What a treat, (clockwise from top right) Danny Robert's December 1922 , Alan Bibey's July 9 1923, an October 1924 H-5, and a December 11 1923. An incredible quartet of Loar signed Gibsons instruments.
Now that's cool.
allenhopkins
Feb-11-2009, 10:48pm
So how close to a million bucks is that ensemble?
Fretbear
Feb-12-2009, 12:17am
Thanks.....
journeybear
Feb-12-2009, 1:52am
What a treat, (clockwise from top right) Danny Robert's December 1922 , Alan Bibey's July 9 1923, an October 1924 H-5, and a December 11 1923. An incredible quartet of Loar signed Gibsons instruments.
Gorgeous! They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I am beholding some beauty! Listen, if you need someone to play them and keep them young and lively :mandosmiley: I'll be happy to help. I'll find room in my schedule ... :)
Chris Biorkman
Feb-12-2009, 1:55am
What's the big deal? Just kidding. What an awesome display.
MikeEdgerton
Feb-12-2009, 10:11am
Here are three more pictures from Dave.
JEStanek
Feb-12-2009, 10:30am
I would surely sound the best on the one without the tuners! That's great to have so many on your bench at once. I hope you guys are collecting as much data on them as you can.
Jamie
Eric Platt
Feb-12-2009, 1:19pm
Very impressive.
But where's the matching L-5? :))
My first thought was, "Man, Gibson REALLY has the distressed thing figured out!"
scottie b
Feb-12-2009, 8:10pm
david,do you have more pictures of danny's 22? i was looking for af5g truss cover and danny took time to help me and he told me about his loar.he's a great rep for gibson and i'll never forget the time he took to help.
woodwizard
Feb-12-2009, 9:13pm
So how close to a million bucks is that ensemble?
I would say pretty dang! close.... Awesome Gibsons! And what a day that was I bet!
Chris Wofford
Feb-12-2009, 10:42pm
But not as close as it was a year or two ago.
Skip Kelley
Feb-13-2009, 8:16am
It doesn't get much better than that!
MikeEdgerton
Feb-13-2009, 11:39am
Two more.
dhmando
Feb-13-2009, 12:50pm
david,do you have more pictures of danny's 22? i was looking for af5g truss cover and danny took time to help me and he told me about his loar.he's a great rep for gibson and i'll never forget the time he took to help.
Scottie, this is Danny's December 1922. I'm sure he enjoyed telling you about his mandolin as much as you liked hearing about it! Thanks again Mike for the help posting the pictures.